If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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